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(No Model.)

H. E. FRIESE. SAFETY STAND.

No. 557,660. Patented Apr. 7,1896.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS EDGAR FRIESE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SAFETY-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,660, dated April 7, 1896.

Application filed September 7,1895- Serial No. 561,802. (No model.) Patented in England August 6,1895, No. 14,824,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS EDGAR FRIEsE, agent, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at r7 Gresham Street, in the city of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Stands or Cabinets for Bottles, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent of Great Britain, No. ii, 8%, dated August 6, 1895,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lock-up devices or stands for holding bottles and is intended to provide a means at once simple, cheap, and convenient whereby a bottle for spirits or other liquids which may or may not have been opened may be left on the table or sideboards without fear of the contents being interfered with.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a base of any suitable material and form to accommodate the bottom of the bottle and affix thereto a superstructure made of electroplate, nickel, or any other suitable material of such configuration that the bottle is inclosed and is not removable unless a portion of the frame is moved relatively to the remainder, a suitable lock being interposed and requiring a special key to open the same.

The better to explain my meaning, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section, and Fig. 2 an elevation seen from the side of Fig. l, of an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2 that a recessed base A is provided with a frame B (inclosing the bottle 0) and a deep cylindrical cap D which has an aperture in the top through which protrudes the blade E, part, in fact, of the frame. This blade being notched, it receives the bolt of the spring-lock F, which may be of any convenient form, and the bottle is then not removable unless the key be used to throw open the look. This being effected, the cap D can be raised, pins G thereon running in elongated slots H in the frame preventing it becoming detached entirely, and the bottle may be removed.

In place of the spring-lock the blade E may be provided with a loop for attaching a padlock, which may be used instead of the springlock above referred to, or in place of the blade E a circular spring-lock may be attached to the top of the frame B B fitting into the cap D and forming the top of the cap. Then the key is applied to this form of spring-lock, the tube part of the cap would be raised above the lock, the latter being, as stated, attached to the frame B B. lVhen the bottle is placed into the frame, the tube is drawn over the neck of the bottle and then engages with the lock and the lock and tube forming together the cap. This or any other convenient form of lock may be used.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- A safety-cabinet for bottles, the same comprising a recessed base on which the bottle is held, a skeleton frame extending upward from the base and inclosing the bottle, and provided at the upper part thereof with projecting lugs or pins, a cap inclosing the neck of the bottle and having vertical slots receiving the pins, a notched tongue passingthrough an opening in the top of the cap and constituting a part of the frame, and a locking device for engaging the notch of said tongue, substantially as described.

Signed at Holborn Viaduct, London, this 21st day of August, 1895.

HANS EDGAR FRIESE.

IVitnesses:

JOHN H. JACK, FREDERICK WM. DAFFEN. 

